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  Discovering Product Design through Photography Beautiful photos taken by DPD 2013 freshmen

  

  at the beginning of the year, I think the photographs that our freshmen ... five day program, we introduce the freshman to the world of product design through a variety of interactive lectures, awesome design projects

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • November 17, 2013
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Updates 2013 things that are happening

  

  *Correction as of 2015: Early action is available to both domestic ... , and several thousand people are in the process of applying to MIT. The latter of these changes is always accompanied by questions, so I wanted to

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • October 17, 2013
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Astrophotography Courtesy of 12.409

  

  : pass, get a D, or fail). You learn the basics of amateur astronomical ... Observatory. There, I sat outside in the snow, huddling in six layers of ... sincere when I say that those were seven of the happiest, most peaceful

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 22, 2013
• Blog / Events

  Bad Ideas Weekend From Craigslist searching to meat-MIT building, this certainly is an experience

  

  Ever wanted to sculpt a masterpiece out of butter?  Make a city out of meat?  Toss a watermelon back and forth in some sort of deranged ... they could come up with. To celebrate the start of the weekend, a

  • by Rachel D. '16
  • January 27, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  3 Things We Don’t Remember Enough About each other

  

  relationships we have or can have in our lives should be a means of support rather ... can get in the way of relationship-building, but here are three things I’ve concluded from the past three years of college life: People are not as cool

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 22, 2012
• Blog / IAP

  H^3: Home, Hummus, and HBV The end of my first semester (and Pass/No Record D:) and the beginning of a…

  

  of the year frenzy when finals come rolling out, and everyone was too ... to be expected from MIT right? But I made it through... of course ... alas, life goes on and before you know it BAM! There's a class of 2016

  • by Kirsten L. '15
  • January 15, 2012
• Blog / MISTI

  Jump into a new comfort zone!

  

  Nina Sinatra Class of 2012 Materials Science & Engineering ... project focused on studying and tuning the optical properties of polymer ... work on represents a different area of materials science than I had

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 19, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  LIGHTS. pretty pretty

  

  flood of celebrations - all to commemorate MIT’s 150th year. These ... from this past weekend’s celebration - FAST Light (Festival of Art ... students, researchers from the Department of Architecture, Urban Planning

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 10, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT Arts Party 2010! [by Ken Haggerty '11] Now that I'm about to graduate, it's time for some fun…

  

  of yet another great semester in MIT arts, and to celebrate this MIT ... community through his annual MIT Arts Party: ABOVE: Carla Sehbani (Office of the Arts), Pardis Parsa (Office of Arts Initiatives), myself, and Mei

  • by ARTalk
  • September 27, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new ... 's with a complete and total stranger. Most of these conversations consist of You: Hey Stranger: ASL You: 19/M/Cambridge You: ASL? Stranger

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / MIT Life

  10 Red Balloons Gotta catch 'em all!

  

  is time for us, all of us, to band together under a common dome and ... first team to locate all of them, by any means necessary. The balloons ... of the money MIT collects goes to charity. I've now invited all of you

  • by Snively '11
  • December 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Tunnel Adventures We didn't get lost, in case you were wondering.

  

  to an elaborate system of tunnels that wind under and in between the various buildings that make up the campus. There's been a long history of ... the tunnels to either test my sense of direction or shy away from the

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 15, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of ... Captcha is the box of wavy text at the bottom of the page, just above the

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  Keep in mind I try to be helpful sometimes.

  

  , back when I was in the thick of it. Now, my role as a blogger, is to ... . However, over the years, I've heard a lot of advice and have even given some of my own. A lot of it is standard stuff, stuff that you'll hear all

  • by Snively '11
  • July 16, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Integration Bee If this were televised, nobody would watch the Superbowl.

  

  (instead of waxing my windows, which seriously need more waxing than whatever ... pressing tongue of February into a sticky-sweet memory, bequeathing cavities you will later regret as you gnaw through the fibrous lump of homework

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • February 2, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  snowboarding with a couple of my friends from high school, and if you’ve ever ... you know what I mean when I say that I was kind of like the walking dead when I got home, only minus the drool. And when I’m tired, I have kind of

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Events

  Syzygy, basically. uh, what?

  

  Several things happened last week of note. Monday was the first day ... considering Thanksgiving is usually just the three of us in a big empty house ... family like mine. Unfortunately all this came at the cost of 2 full days of

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 9, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Full Circle Here's to yesterday.

  

  sort of lacking...so, instead, I signed up for an art history class ... , because my dorm room was on the first floor, I had a great view of the tourists and visitors that constantly streamed through Harvard Yard...some of

  • by Paul B. '11
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The fight’s begun but not yet won me vs. vista

  

  , though, is no big deal. Lots of people have done it. Last summer, oddly ... days in a row and had a bunch of guys poke and prod at it. The verdict ... up to my cubicle very sad that day but, of course, I never did do what

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • June 12, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Late Night Dial-Up Users Beware!

  

  It's time for one of those "It's late and I'm up, I should throw crap ... handle it? I've decided to post all of the YouTube videos that I ... , I saw all of these videos while attending here, meaning that something

  • by Snively '11
  • May 11, 2008